Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 30, 2008. "I think the church has no right to assume the inner thinkings of its members and take such an open stand of any political issue."
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 27, 2008. Richard Raddon has resigned over his $1,500 donation to Yes on 8, prompted by his Mormon Church.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 26, 2008. I quite genuinely do not understand how the Mormon Church can keep its federal tax-exempt status after its meddling in Prop 8.
Candace Gingrich, Human Rights Campaign. November 24, 2008. "You should be more afraid of the new political climate in America, because, there is no place for you in it."
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. November 20, 2008. The court will also determine whether the 18,000 marriages between same-sex couples will be rendered null by Prop 8.
Jeffrey Feldman, Huffington Post. November 17, 2008. California's latest fires are the result of groundwater abuse. It's time for the state which claims to be so green to start thinking about water.
Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 17, 2008. Cinemark CEO Alan Stock donated $9,999 to the YES on Prop 8 campaign that stripped marriage equality from the California constitution.
Katie Halper, KatieHalper.com AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 12, 2008. Folks who insisted that marriage is between a man and a woman and a woman would not stand for a marriage between two men or two women.
Richard Kim, The Nation. November 6, 2008. The Christian right outmaneuvered gay rights activists when it came to reaching out to California's huge minority populations.
Joe Shaulis, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 5, 2008. In bitter contrast to the election of the first African-American president, prejudice prevails on LGBT rights.
Max Blumenthal, The Daily Beast AlterNet: Democracy and Elections. November 4, 2008. The reclusive billionaire, the mother of Blackwater's Erik Prince, and the drive to fund this year's most controversial referendum.
Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. November 2, 2008. We can't allow a sensible solution to be drowned out by people know the "tough on crime" approach is worthless public policy.
Paul Armentano, NORML AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 1, 2008. You can learn a lot about the merits of a proposal by taking a good, hard look at who's lobbying against it.
Karen Ocamb, AlterNet. November 1, 2008. This weekend's call to action from religious leaders to prevent the "destruction of Western civilization" could help push equality foes to victory.
AlterNetNovember 1, 2008. This election, California voters have a huge chance -- and a special responsibility -- to vote on dramatic progressive reforms.
Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. November 1, 2008. Californians have chance with the NORA initiative to reject decades of fear mongering and try alternatives to jail for drug abuse.
Sikivu Hutchinson, AlterNet. October 31, 2008. Voting for Prop 8 is a betrayal of civil rights principles and a hypocritical denial of some of the real crises that imperil black families.
Heidi Strupp, New America Media AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2008. Prop. 9 asks taxpayers to pay to incarcerate those who cost the most to confine yet pose the least threat to public safety.
Teddy Partridge, Firedoglake AlterNet: Sex and Relationships. October 27, 2008. Maria Shriver has declared that she will vote no on 8, but her husband has been silent on the matter recently.
